Aegis of Stone

The realm has been cast into shadow as a dark god successfully completes his conquest. The gods of old have been locked away and no longer reach the people of the lands. No one is quite sure how The Shadow Lord swept across the land so quickly, only that his armies seemed to appear and vanish without notice, enslaving, killing, and razing everything in their path.

Few towns managed to escape, and even fewer cities. Those that survived were either too strong to be broken, or too inconsequential to be noticed.